Terminalia paniculata Roth

 
  • Family : COMBRETACEAE
    (Combretum Or Indian Almond Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ARJUN FAMILY (अर्जुन फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Combretaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Terminalia paniculata B.Heyne ex Roth
  • Common name : Flowering Murdah, Flowering Murdels
  • Vernacular name :
    • Muruva, Mathi, Hanalu mara (Kannada)
    • Talikadukkay, Puluvai (Tamil)
    • Neemari, Nerali, Chirumanu (Telugu)
    • Aswakarnaha (Sanskrit)
    • Maruthu, Manjamaruthu, Peimaruthu, Pillamaruthu, Pullamaruthu, Venmaruthu (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, Tropical dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
  • Comments / notes : On hills above 800m.
  • Flower, Fruit : August-January
  • Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy, Arun Singh; K. Sankara Rao, Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh
  • Collection Date : 12-09-2014, 19-11-2014
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-0011; HJCB-E-82
  • Collection Locality : Amirthi RF, Vellore district (TN); Palamner forest range, Chittoor district (AP)
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kadapa district, Vishakapatnam district
    • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district
  • Native : India
  • Endemism : Peninsular India
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
    • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
    • Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Terminalia paniculata. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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